Zégoua

Zégoua
Commune and town
Zégoua

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 10°29′15″N 5°39′13″W / 10.48750°N 5.65361°W / 10.48750; -5.65361Coordinates: 10°29′15″N 5°39′13″W / 10.48750°N 5.65361°W / 10.48750; -5.65361
Country  Mali
Region Sikasso Region
Cercle Kadiolo Cercle
Area[1]
  Total 490 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population (1998)[2]
  Total 30,636
  Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Zégoua is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Kadiolo in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The commune covers an area of 490 square kilometers and includes the town and 8 villages.[3] In the 2009 census it had a population of 30,636.[2] The town of Zégoua, the administrative center (chef-lieu) of the commune, is 2 km north of the border with the Ivory Coast and 14 km southeast of Kadiolo on the RN7, the main road linking Sikasso and Ouangolodougou.

References

  1. "Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry: Mali", United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/country-region/mali Missing or empty |title= (help). commune_mali.zip (Originally from the Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales, République du Mali)
  2. 1 2 Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Sikasso) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  3. Communes de la Région de Sikasso (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali.

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